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2009 Cooley Farms

Season Redglobe Season
Range June 30th - July 12th
Additional Years 2008 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016
Sequence 0
Row
Tree
Flesh White
Chill Hours 1050
Bloom Date
Ripe Date July 8th

Set
Size
Shape
Pubes
Red
Attribute
Firm
Free
Status
Brix
2
3.07
7.25
8
7.25
7.25
1.4
7
1

Notes

white with acidity; very light crop; some splits; gets soft very quickly; inadequate sample size; bruises easily; tasty - juicy and sweet; PIF

Description

Orig. in Bakersfield, Calif., by Oliver P. Blackburn. Introd. in 1935. Plant patent 86; 6 Feb. 1934; assigned to Calif. Nursery Co., Fremont, Calif. Stanwick nectarine x unknown peach. Fruit: large; round-ovate, apex pointed; skin blushed pink to red; flesh white tinged with red, juicy, soft-melting, sweet, aromatic, very good quality; pit size medium, free, some split pits; ripens 3 weeks before Elberta; susceptible to brown rot; resembles Early Wheeler. Tree: vigorous; foliage heavy, leaf with reniform glands; flower nonshowy, size medium; chilling requirement 1050 h.

Key

  • Evaluations are based on a 1-8 scale (6=OK,7=Commercially acceptable, 8=Excellent)
  • Size is in inches
  • Shape: round is assumed, T=tip, P=point, S=suture, OB=oblate, OV=ovate
  • Pubescence: 10=nectarine
  • Blush: presented as percentage of ground color cover with red or similar
  • Freeness: 3=early cling, 8=completely free
  • Status: 0=discard, 1=keep
  • Notes: SOS=soft on suture, SOT=soft on tip, RIF=red in flesh, GAS=green around stem
  • RAP=red around pit, GGC=green ground color, sz=size, wh=white, yt=young tree, CCT=concave tip
  • Bloom date is when approx. 90% of blooms are open (full bloom)

The description of each variety of peach or nectarine fruit under each group is in different formats as this information is collected from varied sources and hence is not consistent

 

     
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